Hipsters on Food Stamps?

Should we heap scorn on people who try to live on public assistance like food stamps while making art? A recent article on Salon, and especially the readers' comments, indicated how strongly many working-class people feel about living well on the dole. Here Old Mole Joe Clement reads a piece by Peter Frase from Jacobin Magazine arguing that everyone should have the right not to work for wages and be paid for the work everyone does to maintain family and community life.